Overall GiG Score: -5 ?
Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 0
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified

THE CHARLES DARWIN TRUST 

To promote the real understanding of the natural world and to ensure that the diversity of life on earth survives. The Charles Darwin Trust uses the intellectual and cultural heritage of Darwin, through his approach to science and his work at Down House and in the immediate countryside, to inspire a deeper understanding of the natural world.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 25 years

www.charlesdarwintrust.org

info@charlesdarwintrust.org

02073593149

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/22£0£4£-4n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/21£0£6£-6n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/20£128£164£-36n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/19£225£158£67n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/18£152£139£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/17*£0£2£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16*£0£4£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15*£85£3£81£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£0£24£-24£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£2£7£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£2£66£-64£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£184£192£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£71£116£-44£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£87£105£-18£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£191£104£87£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07*£121£208£-87£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£124£232£-108£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£312£220£92£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£111£226£-115£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 54-71
  • EMMA NEWALL Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Teacher And Lecturer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/03/1999, number: 1074914
  • Registered at Companies House on 13/01/1999, number: 03694613
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR17: 147 days late, AR16: 117 days late, AR15: 111 days late, AR07: 46 days late,
Main office

31 BAALBEC ROAD
LONDON
N5 1QN

Objectives

(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE IN RELATION TO: (I) THE LIFE AND WORK OF CHARLES DARWIN, AND (II) THE DEVELOPMENT AND UNDERSTANDING OF NATURAL HISTORY AND THE LIFE SCIENCES WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO DARWIN'S HOME AT DOWN HOUSE AND TO ANY ASSOCIATED INSTITUTIONS IN THE VILLAGE OF DOWNE IN KENT;(B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SUCH OTHER PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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